Powertoys: Keyboard Manager - Separate function for key press vs Key hold (a la dual-key-remap)

[NeodymiumPhish]

I love the idea of managing key remaps via PowerToys, but there's no way (that I'm aware of) to remap a key to serve two purposed depending on whether it's pressed and released vs pressed in combination. https://github.com/ililim/dual-key-remap <- This tool is a great example. By default, it maps the CapsLock key to Escape when pressed without any other keys and Ctrl when pressed in combination with another key.

[arjunbalgovind]

@NeodymiumPhish there would be a limitation in this feature though, that the Caps->Esc behavior would work only on "press and release", since when only Caps Lock is held down there would be no way of knowing if another key is going to be pressed or not. So for Caps->Esc it works, but Caps->Shift for example when pressed alone wouldnt make much sense sense it would simulate Shift being pressed and released so it can't really be used in combination with other keys. That said, for other scenarios this looks like a cool idea.

[NeodymiumPhish]

Totally understand the limitations issue. I meant that press and release would be one function and hold/combination presses would be another. What you're describing is how dual-key-remap works; it would be awesome if this were built into the much more user-friendly PowerToys!